Helon is known from the Bible as the father of Eliab, who was the leader and chief of the tribe of Zebulun during the wilderness wanderings. He is mentioned several times in the Book of Numbers in connection with the census and the arrangement of the tribes in the camp and during the march. Although little is known about Helon personally, his significance is tied to his son Eliab's leadership role.
30The descendants of Zebulun: all the men twenty years old and upward who were fit for military service were listed by name, according to their genealogy, by clan and family.
25His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;